Methodology of Teaching History and History-Books in the Estonian SSR
Methodology of Teaching History and History-Books in the Estonian SSR

Summary/Abstract: A survey is given of the methodology of teaching history and of the textbooks used. In the centralised system of the Soviet Union history had to be taught in the same way in the whole country. Until Stalin’s death in 1953 all history textbooks used in Estonia were translated from Russian. Important aims were to wipe out the time of Estonian independence in 1918-1940 from the memories of Estonians and to shake national identity. Falsification of history and worship of Marxism-Leninism and socialism were used to achieve these aims.

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